Tag Archive: Uganda

Battling Mental Health in Uganda: A Tale of Bravery

The State of the World Health today is something that we should all very concerned about. The future of who we are as a...

Uganda: Charades, sound bites will not end practice of torture in detention

Gory images from Uganda’s torture chambers have gripped the nation. Many are still struggling to fathom why cold-blooded torturers would descend on human beings...

Ending child poverty is a moral necessity

Donning a tired T-shirt that has since lost its original colour and shape – Kutosi, a 5-year-old boy in Bunamwani village, Mbale district wears...

Flying African Airlines: Colonial Travels and Travails

Travelling by airplane across borders on the African continent is an interesting experience. It is always an encounter with what we have always been...

Put People First : A Case for Investing in Early Childhood Development

Photo Credit: UNICEF Uganda On the afternoon of September 15, 2016, I attended the launch of the National Integrated Early Childhood Development Policy for Uganda....

Uganda: 4 years on, no justice as NGO office break-ins escalate

Many governments around the world are settling for repressive NGO laws to control independent groups. In Uganda, the government is taking it a step...

Museveni gets ‘Meme-fied’

Freedom of expression is a lot of things – and for this digital savvy age: cartoons and memes have become a crucial part communicating...

Of Women, Nudity & Socio-cultural Issues

On Thursday morning at 4:30 a.m. I woke up to go join a group of lady/women feminists for a Power Walk. The walk started...

Uganda: Why civil society must stand together to protect freedoms

As the Parliamentary Committee considered the then NGO Bill 2015, Pastor Joseph Serwadda and other faith leaders vehemently argued a case for the removal...

Beyond Representation: Maybe it is okay that some be dummies

During the first Presidential debate, Maureen Kyalya Waluube – who was the only woman in the 2016 Uganda Presidential race – said that some...

Did Besigye poke a Private Part of a ‘Leopard’ With a Sharp Ballot? What Next For Uganda?

The runner-up in Uganda’s February 18 poll, Dr. Kizza Besigye still remains under lock-down – 23 days on. Handicapped, he failed to file a...

Why Kenyans are keenly following the Uganda elections

On Thursday Uganda will go to the polls to decide whether incumbent president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who has been in power for three decades,...